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- noun Plural form of
assault . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
assault .
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Examples
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In Florida, which leads the country in assaults on homeless people, groups like the Anti-Defamation League have opposed recognizing those attacks as a hate crime.
August « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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In Florida, which leads the country in assaults on homeless people, groups like the Anti-Defamation League have opposed recognizing those attacks as a hate crime.
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Their findings are quite striking, and they report large rises in assaults, vandalism, and disorderly conduct on game days.
Does College Football Cause Higher Crime? A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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However, in spite of the beautiful woman who insists she wants to help him and the assaults from the assorted rabid minions, Jon and Lobo agree rescuing the child is the mission.
Slanted Jack-Mark L Van Name « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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These go beyond anything contemplated when Britain faced far more regular - and no less violent - assaults from the IRA.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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Their findings are quite striking, and they report large rises in assaults, vandalism, and disorderly conduct on game days.
Does College Football Cause Higher Crime? A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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We were now intervening in assaults rather than arriving five minutes after the event.
Stuck In My Head Since I Was Twelve « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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We were intervening in assaults and disorder as it happened and taking the offender away.
Stuck In My Head Since I Was Twelve « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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In the past year, there has been a increase in assaults on passengers in taxis.
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Baja tourists face uptick in assaults, robberies Reports of violent armed robberies are scaring some longtime visitors away from the popular vacation spot.
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